Monday, 24 December 2012

Lights, Camera, Action!

This month I have finally fulfilled my wish to be an extra
in a movie.

Six of us shot the whole thing in four hours with two scene locations
and I was also the boom operator. A great learning experience and a fun morning
in the quiet Sunday morning streets of Rose Bay.

It’s an independent short film called “The Payoff” and there I am
as one of the “threatening” looking construction workers. The director flipped
out when we were changing into our construction clothes because I had tattoos
and insisted I be at the fore of each shot I’m in because that made me “look
the toughest” which was quite hilarious although I did look very surly because
I did a night shift before we started and I hadn’t slept for nearly twenty four
hours.

I will be sure to let you know when it's edited and uploaded. At the end of the shoot I handed Bob the Director the script I wrote last month
and he asked “when do you want to shoot it?” so it looks like I may actually be
able to cross “make a movie” off THE LIST in the next month or two.

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time

I’ve had a list in my head for as long as I can remember. I crossed a few things off it here and there but there was always those “one day” things I knew I’d never do.

Then I started writing down things I have already done and was surprised at just how many interesting and unique things I have done on this journey. So I added to that list and finally wrote down the “one day” things and even started crossing some of them off.

This final step of publishing the list is a way of challenging, focusing, keeping track and being accountable as well as a constant motivation and reminder to keep living beyond normal.